Undeclared MAP

Major Academic Plans

Major Academic Plans (or MAPS) show the courses you might take each semester to meet your degree requirements in 4 years. Students at Cal Poly Humboldt follow many different paths to graduation. Your educational and career goals, as well as personal interests all contribute to determining the courses you take. We encourage you to discuss course options with an advisor.

The General Education and All-University Requirements in this MAP are in effect for students entering Cal Poly Humboldt with the catalog year of 2023-24. Refer to your degree audit for details on your major and GE catalog year.

Set yourself up for academic success in challenging classes. Add a 1-unit Supplemental Instruction (SI) session.

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options to see if there’s a match with a class you are taking.

Year 1

Semester 1 (15-16 Units)

GE Area A: Written Communication ENGL 102 - Composition and Rhetoric A Units: 3 OR ENGL 104 - Accelerated Composition and Rhetoric Units: 3
Optional: ENGL 110 - Academic Literacies Support and Seminar Units: 2
Lower Division GE Area C: Arts
Units: 3
Lower Division GE Area E: Lifelong Learning & Self-Development
Units: 3
GE Area F: Ethnic Studies
Units: 3 (Take a class that double-counts for DCG Domestic)
Elective (Major Exploration) Units: 3

Semester 2 (15-17 Units)

GE Area A: Written Communication ENGL 103 - Composition and Rhetoric B Units: 3 ^[1]
Optional: ENGL 110 - Academic Literacies Support and Seminar Units: 2
Lower Division GE Area B: Mathematics/Quantitative Reasoning Units: 3-4
Lower Division GE Area C: Humanities ^[2] Units: 3
Lower Division GE Area D: Social Sciences
^[2] Units: 3
Elective (Major Exploration) Units: 3

^[1] If ENGL 104 was taken last fall, take another GE or Major Exploration Course in place of ENGL 103.

^[2] Take a course that double-counts for DGC (Domestic or Non-domestic)

Year 2

Semester 3 (15-16 Units)

Lower Division GE Area A: Oral Communication
Units: 3
Lower Division GE Area B: Life Sciences
(with lab component) Units: 3-4
Lower Division GE Area C: Arts
OR
Humanities
Units: 3
American Institutions/GE Area D: Social Science
U.S. History
Units: 3
Elective (Major Exploration) Units: 3

Semester 4 (15-16 Units)

Lower Division GE Area A: Critical Thinking
Units: 3
Lower Division GE Area B: Physical Science
Units: 3-4
American Institutions
U.S. and California Government
Units: 3
Elective (Major Exploration) Units: 3
Elective (Major Exploration) Units: 3